Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fehuhūsą
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *fehu (“cattle, money”) + *hūsą (“house”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*fehuhūsą n[1]
Inflection
editneuter a-stemDeclension of *fehuhūsą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *fehuhūsą | *fehuhūsō | |
vocative | *fehuhūsą | *fehuhūsō | |
accusative | *fehuhūsą | *fehuhūsō | |
genitive | *fehuhūsas, *fehuhūsis | *fehuhūsǫ̂ | |
dative | *fehuhūsai | *fehuhūsamaz | |
instrumental | *fehuhūsō | *fehuhūsamiz |
Descendants
edit- Old English: feohhūs (“treasury”)
- Middle English: fehous
- Old Saxon: *fehuhūs
- Old High German: *fihuhūs
- Old Norse: féhús, fjós
- → Proto-Samic: *fievsē (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*fexu-hūsan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 97